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The Audio Engineering Society (AES) has released Technical Document TD1009, titled "Improving Dialogue Intelligibility in Media," addressing significant communication challenges in current audio media.
This document is the result of a two-year research initiative involving over 20 experts and focuses on production, post-production, distribution, and playback improvements.
Key solutions include enhancing the dialogue intelligibility ecosystem, addressing hearing perception, and overcoming consumer equipment limitations such as TVs and audio receivers.
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